diff --git a/src/cli/commands/index.ts b/src/cli/commands/index.ts
index b4b3e7d..e1a48a5 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export {
   unshareApp,
 } from './manage'
 export { metricsApp } from './metrics'
+export { perfToggle } from './perf'
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/perf.ts b/src/cli/commands/perf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ac389b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/commands/perf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import color from 'ansis'
+import { get, handleError, post } from '../http'
+
+interface PerfState {
+  perfTiming: boolean
+}
+
+export async function perfToggle(onOff?: string) {
+  try {
+    if (onOff === undefined) {
+      // Toggle
+      const res = await post<PerfState>('/api/system/perf')
+      if (res) console.log(`Perf timing ${res.perfTiming ? color.green('on') : color.red('off')}`)
+    } else if (onOff === 'on') {
+      const res = await post<PerfState>('/api/system/perf', { on: true })
+      if (res) console.log(`Perf timing ${color.green('on')}`)
+    } else if (onOff === 'off') {
+      const res = await post<PerfState>('/api/system/perf', { on: false })
+      if (res) console.log(`Perf timing ${color.red('off')}`)
+    } else if (onOff === 'status') {
+      const res = await get<PerfState>('/api/system/perf')
+      if (res) console.log(`Perf timing is ${res.perfTiming ? color.green('on') : color.red('off')}`)
+    } else {
+      console.error('Usage: toes perf [on|off|status]')
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    handleError(error)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/setup.ts b/src/cli/setup.ts
index 55a24e8..fd167f7 100644
--- a/src/cli/setup.ts
+++ b/src/cli/setup.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   shareApp,
   startApp,
   metricsApp,
+  perfToggle,
   stopApp,
   unshareApp,
 } from './commands'
@@ -232,6 +233,13 @@ env
   .option('-g, --global', 'remove a global variable')
   .action(envRm)
 
+program
+  .command('perf')
+  .helpGroup('Config:')
+  .description('Toggle request timing for proxied app requests')
+  .argument('[on|off|status]', 'enable, disable, or check status (toggles if omitted)')
+  .action(perfToggle)
+
 // Shell
 
 program
diff --git a/src/server/api/system.ts b/src/server/api/system.ts
index c1db948..b156fc0 100644
--- a/src/server/api/system.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/system.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { allApps, APPS_DIR, onChange } from '$apps'
+import { perfTiming, setPerfTiming } from '../proxy'
 import { onHostLog } from '../tui'
 import { Hype } from '@because/hype'
 import { cpus, freemem, platform, totalmem } from 'os'
@@ -283,6 +284,16 @@ onChange(collectLogs)
 // Subscribe to host-level log messages
 onHostLog(pushHostLog)
 
+// Perf timing toggle
+router.get('/perf', c => c.json({ perfTiming }))
+router.post('/perf', async c => {
+  const body = await c.req.json<{ on?: boolean }>()
+  const on = body.on ?? !perfTiming
+  setPerfTiming(on)
+  console.log(`[perf] timing ${on ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}`)
+  return c.json({ perfTiming: on })
+})
+
 // Restart server (systemd brings it back)
 router.post('/restart', c => {
   setTimeout(() => process.exit(0), 100)
diff --git a/src/server/proxy.ts b/src/server/proxy.ts
index 881ac47..9c50f0b 100644
--- a/src/server/proxy.ts
+++ b/src/server/proxy.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import { getAppBySubdomain } from '$apps'
 
 export type { WsData }
 
+export let perfTiming = false
+export const setPerfTiming = (on: boolean) => { perfTiming = on }
+
 const pendingMessages = new Map<ServerWebSocket<WsData>, (string | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array)[]>()
 const upstreams = new Map<ServerWebSocket<WsData>, WebSocket>()
 
@@ -53,12 +56,18 @@ export async function proxySubdomain(subdomain: string, req: Request): Promise<R
   headers.delete('transfer-encoding')
 
   try {
-    return await fetch(target, {
+    const start = perfTiming ? performance.now() : 0
+    const res = await fetch(target, {
       method: req.method,
       headers,
       body,
       redirect: 'manual',
     })
+    if (perfTiming) {
+      const ms = (performance.now() - start).toFixed(1)
+      console.log(`[perf] ${req.method} ${subdomain}${url.pathname} → ${res.status} in ${ms}ms`)
+    }
+    return res
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`Proxy error for ${subdomain}:`, e)
     return new Response(`App "${subdomain}" is not responding`, { status: 502 })